FOXBORO — Two quarters are in he books here at Gillette Stadium, and the Dolphins hold a 17-0 lead on the Patriots.

•It was an ugly first half for the Patriots, who didn’t run a single play in Miami territory until there was less than a minute left in the first half. Meanwhile, the Miami offense had little trouble carving up the Patriots on the way to a pair of first-half passing touchdowns from quarterback Matt Moore.

•The Patriots saw left tackle Matt Light go down in warmups, and were already without Sebastian Vollmer, so they cobbled together an offensive line that had Logan Mankins move from left guard to left tackle (and make his first NFL start at the position), while Solder moved from right tackle to tight end and back again throughout the first half. (Marcus Cannon was at right tackle when Solder moved to tight end.) Taking Mankins spot at left guard was Donald Thomas, who appeared overwhelmed at times in pass protection early on. Then, things went from bad to worse, as Mankins went down with what appeared to be a knee injury.

•Predictably, the Patriots struggled, as the patched together offensive line had problems with picking up a Miami defense that blitzed a lot early on. (Both BenJarvus Green-Ellis and Danny Woodhead whiffed on early blocks that led to havoc in the Patriots’ backfield.) For the half, Brady was sacked three times and the Patriots punted six times. It all culminated with a missed 51-yard field-goal attempt from Stephen Gostkowski before the end of the half.

•For New England, the defensive highlight of the first half likely came early, when Shaun Ellis made his presence felt for the first time all year when he busted in for an early sack on Moore, but the Patriots gave that yardage back (and more) when Moore found Brian Hartline for a 39-yard completion on a play where Hartline beat Devin McCourty. On that drive, the Dolphins got on the board when Dan Carpenter drilled a 47-yard field goal to make it 3-0.

•McCourty had a couple of nice pass breakups early on Brandon Marshall, but Marshall quickly got his revenge. A 47-yard completion down the Miami sideline from Miami quarterback Matt Moore to Marshall early in the second quarter (at the expense of McCourty) set up the Dolphins nicely for their first touchdown of the game, a 19-yard touchdown pass from Moore to Marshall to make it 10-0 with 13:45 left in the second quarter. On the next Miami drive, McCourty also got nailed with a defensive pass interference call that allow Miami to keep moving the chains. (That was one of two DPI calls on third-down that kept Dolphin drives alive, with the second coming on Rob Ninkovich on a funky play where Reggie Bush tried to throw a touchdown pass after a handoff from quarterback Matt Moore … but Ninkovich failed to turn around and bumped into Moore.) Moore hit Charles Clay on a one-yard pass play to make it 17-0 midway through the second quarter, drawing loud boos at Gillette.